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Pacific

By jphanor
  • Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor

    Japan unprovoked attack on the US
  • US declares war on Japan

    US declares war on Japan

  • Doolittle Raid

    Doolittle Raid

    US Army Air Force bombing Tokyo and other Japan cities
  • Battle of Midway

    Battle of Midway

    Naval battle between The US and Japan. Turing point of the war on the Pacific
  • MacArthur returns to the Philippines

    MacArthur returns to the Philippines

    Famous speech “I have returned”
  • Iwo Jima

    Iwo Jima

    Island in Japan captured by US and Marines raised the US flag.
  • Atomic Bomb dropped

    Atomic Bomb dropped

    Americans dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima which left over 120,000 people dead.
  • V-J-day

    V-J-day

    Victory over Japan day